Infrastructure Support Specialist Jobs

Infrastructure Support Specialist
UK

The median Infrastructure Support Specialist salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 874 956 1246
Rank change year-on-year +82 +290 -309
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support Specialist 33 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.004% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.004% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 33 4 7
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,470 £33,250
25th Percentile £30,385 £40,925 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,236 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.73% +18.09% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,838 £44,000
90th Percentile - £51,985 £56,400
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,236 £40,000
% change year-on-year -4.73% +18.09% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 96,364 89,509 157,820
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.47% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 68,829 56,547 84,640
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,609
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Infrastructure Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Support Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Support Specialist in the UK

Infrastructure Support Specialist
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Support Specialist.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Support Specialist in the UK

Infrastructure Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support Specialist over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support Specialist in the UK

Infrastructure Support Specialist
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Support Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 25 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +17 32 £45,000 -4.73% 4
England +78 31 £45,000 -4.73% 2
South East - 15 £55,000 - 2
South West - 11 £30,385 -
Work from Home +64 9 £55,000 +15.37%
North of England +44 4 £50,000 +5.85%
North West +7 4 £50,000 +6.84%
Scotland - 2 £48,750 - 2
London +104 1 £70,000 +69.70%

Infrastructure Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 May 2024, Infrastructure Support Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Infrastructure Support Specialist in the job title.

1 30 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 28 (84.85%) SC Cleared
3 14 (42.42%) SCCM
4 10 (30.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (30.30%) DV Cleared
5 9 (27.27%) Wireless
5 9 (27.27%) Windows
5 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 9 (27.27%) Driving Licence
6 8 (24.24%) Windows 10
6 8 (24.24%) Windows Server
6 8 (24.24%) Active Directory
6 8 (24.24%) ITIL
7 7 (21.21%) Firmware
7 7 (21.21%) Service Management
7 7 (21.21%) Windows NT
7 7 (21.21%) Finance
7 7 (21.21%) WSUS
7 7 (21.21%) Deployment Automation
7 7 (21.21%) Customer Service
7 7 (21.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (21.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (21.21%) Sysprep
7 7 (21.21%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (6.06%) VMware
8 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (6.06%) Azure
8 2 (6.06%) Server Virtualisation
8 2 (6.06%) Social Skills
9 1 (3.03%) Nutanix

Infrastructure Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.03%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (21.21%) Finance
2 2 (6.06%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (27.27%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (27.27%) Windows
2 8 (24.24%) Windows 10
2 8 (24.24%) Windows Server
3 7 (21.21%) Windows NT
3 7 (21.21%) Windows Server 2012
3 7 (21.21%) Windows Server 2016
3 7 (21.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (24.24%) ITIL
3 7 (21.21%) Customer Service
3 7 (21.21%) Deployment Automation
3 7 (21.21%) Service Management
4 2 (6.06%) Server Virtualisation
5 1 (3.03%) Change Management
5 1 (3.03%) Converged Infrastructure
5 1 (3.03%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.03%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.03%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (3.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.03%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 28 (84.85%) SC Cleared
3 10 (30.30%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (24.24%) Active Directory
2 7 (21.21%) Firmware
3 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (42.42%) SCCM
2 7 (21.21%) Sysprep
2 7 (21.21%) WSUS
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) VMware
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco
3 1 (3.03%) Citrix